The core of Timson’s buggy is a Blue Torch Fabworks chassis that contains only the necessities. There’s no frou-frou doo-dad’s residing on this machine. Timson created the exterior bodywork, which is a combination of custom aluminum panels and a steel hood and grille from a ‘87 Jeep YJ. A Warn 9,500-pound winch resides up front and a Warn 3,500-pound winch is bolted at the rear. The rig rolls on 54-inch Mickey Thompson Baja Claw tires that are mounted to 14-inch-wide Stazworks double beadlock wheels. Here’s an interesting fact: The wheelbase is almost the same length as the chassis.

Not looking forward to: “Tow Test. I can’t get the sound of snapping steel out of my head when I think of it.”

Playing in his iPod/CD player: “Uncle Kracker.”

Timson narrowed the 2½-ton Rockwell axles by 7 inches. This allows him to run the same short-side Ouverson Engineering 2-inch-diameter Violator axleshaft on both sides of each axle. Other axle mods include Ouverson Super 8 hubs, Ouverson Super 8 disc brakes with six-piston calipers, and an Ouverson Violator locker. The suspension uses a triangulated four-link system with Fox remote-reservoir coilovers, Timbren rubber bumpstops, and a center-mounted limiting strap. The front tires are pointed via a PSC hydraulic steering system.